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General links
Visit Bridges4Kids
How to volunteer to help a child - click here.
Statewide Resources - click here.
Click on the logo to learn about Michigan's R.E.A.D.Y. (Read, Educate, and Develop Youth) Program.
The Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention program EHDI has assessment sites all over the state of
Michigan.
Click here (PDF) to find your local site. Crisis Prevention Institute - click here.
Reading & Literacy Help for Children - click here.
Find the Family Literacy Program in your County - click here.
Find more Michigan information - click here.
Reading & Literacy Help for Adults - click here.
Find your local WIC office for information on nutrition and health support for women, infants, and children - click here.
Local Public Health Department Locator
Office of Special Education & Early Intervention Services (OSE-EIS)
Advocacy Organizations for Children with Disabilities - click here.
For the substance abuse treatment facility nearest you, click here.
Covering Kids & Families works to reduce the number of uninsured children and adults who are eligible for public health care coverage programs but not enrolled. To find low-cost and free health care for children call 1-877-KIDS-NOW.
Are You Eligible?
State Benefit Programs
and
Federal Benefit Programs
Parents as Teachers
(PAT) is an international early childhood parent education and family
support program serving families throughout pregnancy until their child
enters kindergarten.
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For more information about Project
Great Start, contact your Intermediate School District (ISD). See the
listings below for your local ISD or 888 Be A Hero contact or visit http://www.migreatparents.org for more resources.
Visit http://1800earlyon.org/
Early On is a program for children birth to age 3 who have a disability or developmental delay, or a health condition that might lead to a developmental delay.
Visit http://www.projectfindmichigan.org
Project Find is the "child find"
program of Michigan's special education system and helps children with
disabilities from birth to age 26 get the services and help they need.
Association For Child Development: www.acdcacfp.org
United Way funds programs and agencies that support families, children and communities. Find help available in your community through United Way.
Michigan Disability Resources Database (MDRD) - Find local information on disabilities, education, support groups, organizations, transportation, emergency services, etc., by zip code, address, disability, service, or county.
Michigan Assistance and Referral Service (MARS) - This system allows you to find programs offered by the State of Michigan that help families in need with their medical, nutritional, food, day care or other expenses. Governor Granholm's U.P. Office - An Upper Peninsula office that will focus on rural economic development, public policy, environmental/land use/tourism issues and constituent concerns for Governor Jennifer Granholm has been opened in Marquette. It is located at 1504 West Washington Street, Suite B (in Marquette, MI 49855) and can be reached by telephone at (906) 228-2850.
Houghton County Online - http://www.multimag.com/county/mi/houghton/ and http://www.infomi.com/county/houghton/
Elaine Bacon Literacy Program 108 Calverley Avenue Houghton, MI 49931 Phone: (906) 482-1233 E-Mail: abacon@ccisd.k12.mi.us This program provides volunteer literacy tutors for native-speaker adults, but especially in English as a second language.
4C of the U.P.
Michigan
Technological University
Regional
Educational Media Center #1
Parent Helpline 1-888-610-2323 Staffed 24 hours a day seven days a week to answer parent’s questions and listen to their concerns. If they have an in-depth issue the operator refers the call to a professional including: doctors, lawyers, speech pathologists, social workers and educational specialists who then contact the parent back within two days to answer their question. On the third Tuesday of each month between 4-7 a family law attorney hosts a segment where families can ask questions about such issues as divorce and custody. Services also provided through the Focus On the First five include: home visiting for parents of children birth to three years where a trained professional comes with an activity for parent and child to do together as well as answer any questions or concerns, early childhood services- information available through the B-H-K Child Development Partners Page- they provide comprehensive early childhood services including connections to high quality preschool and childcare and health and developmental screenings. Each summer professionals conduct free comprehensive health and developmental screenings for all kids birth to five. There are also play groups, area preschools and support groups for parents of kids with disabilities, dads, pregnancy and teen parents. There are lists for story hours, a mobile lending library, parenting classes, wellness programs and Parent Resource Rooms. Need a Place to Play with your kids? Parent Resource Rooms are four rooms filled with toys, books and other learning materials for in-house use or check out. A mobile unit is also available for those in remote areas. |
Local Early On Coordinator
Local ISD, RESD, or RESA
Local Project Find Coordinator
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Childcare in Your Community
Local United Way Programs -
Things to do and places to see with a child
Resources specific to this county